Steering-wheel device.



A; M. SQUIRE.

STEERING WHEEL DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.29,1911.

., LUL'Zweaqe6- Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

ARNQLD M. SQUIRE, OF @LEVELAND, OHIO.

STEEBENGJWHEEL DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 29, 1911.

Patented Sept. 3 191% Serial No. 645,691.

To all whom it may con/cram:

Be it; known that. I}; Anxoiio M. Sonmn, subject of King George V of England, re siding;- at Cleveland, in the county ofCuyoliogn iUlll Stole of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Steer iiig-lVlie al Devires, of which the following is n sPQPll'llfiilOlL' This invention relates to operating de- \lees for the steering wheels of outolno'oiles and he like.

The ohjeel. oi the invention is to provide improved means for preventing her: hick or shock being transmitted to the strering wheel, such as is caused by the wheels striklug obstructions in the road.

A furlher olijeet of the invention is to provider El qi'zieli' noting steering device, which will he advantageous under eonditions where quick action essential, in crowded streets. 1

[L lurlhei' object of the ini'enlimi is to provide a steering gear that is easy to operute simple and strong, not liable to get out of order or tog cuuse accidents.

.3 the pre ont invention all sho'eks are taken up in a heavy i eeil screw and slidii'igj hloelc unll do not; reuch "the steering wheel.

The invention is illustrated in the neeonipnnying drawings of which Figure l is :1 side elevation of the gear. Fig. 2 is a section on 'therline '2-2 of Fig. i.

Referring; speeiiically to the drawings, (3 is a steering wheel to whieh. the power applied by the driver of the machine and it is mounted on the steering post '5 which has at its lower end a squnred'soeket 9 in which fits the squared. shank of the feed screw.

- This screw has a right hand thread 11. and

a left hand thread ll. The right hand threno works through a block 12 whieh is fastened to the frame or some other suitable fixed part of the machine. Sliding block or erossheod 15 is mounted on the left hand thread lei, and this slides between guides 15 which. are integral with the block 1.2. The lilooh hos 5i boss 16 at ear-h side which fro-lie l! of :1 link 28 the lowe end if inch is pivoted to the lever of; ii like lover is lnlerinneol at and has a lower long arm 20 and on upper Sheri arm 20*, so as to increase the motion trans mitted from the sliding block 15. The guides 15 are reinforced by ribs 13.

The steering post 7 is supported against longitudinal movement by the floor l0 of the ear, extending through a bearing opening in said floor and being retained in posi tion by upper and lower colla-rs l1 and 42 fixed to the post, above and below the floor, 6o

whereliiy the steering post is supporlled inde penrlently of the screw rod.

in operation, when the steering Wheel and post are turned the serew ll feeds in one direetion through the blot-K12 and the slidin; block or head 15 moves in the some direction the shrink l0 moving in or outin lhe soeket- 9 according to the direction of million. The block 15, in consequence of the right and left threads on the screws, re- 7':

mitted hnel; through the lever,to the loloeh: 8e

and the pressure on the bloek-might cause the screw to turn. and ihis in turn would lend to turn the wheel 6. With right and left threads of small pitch there is no overdrnw or back lush, and therefore no shock to the wheel 6.

I claim:

L. in u steering (leviee. the combination of a relatively fixed block u steering post having a non-circular socket in the lower 96 end. 21 screw rod working through the block huvin :1 noneireular shank slidnhle in the socket, and transmitting deviees opernti'vely eonneeted to the'screw and adopted for connection. to the steering wheels. the steering" post heing supported independently of the screw rod, whereby shoelis of the latter are not; transmitted to the. former.

2. in n steering device, the eomhinntion of a relatively fixedioloek having guides in The right and left; '25

steering post supported independently of to the wheels, and a, link connecting the the block,- a screw having right and left block and the lever. 10 threads one of which works through the In testimony whereof, I do afiix my sig-' block, a crosshead sli'dable on the guides and nature 'in presence of two Witnesses.

mounted on the other thread for movement ARNOLD M. SQUIRE.

by turning the screw, the steering post hzw- W'it-nesses: ing a telescoping non-rotatable connection J. F. NASH,

to the screw, a-lever adapt-eti for connection STEDMAN J. ROCK ELL. 

